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It is evident that there is no return to the ‘old’ ways of working before Covid-19. The ‘old’ is in parenthesis because it does not mean that it is necessarily wrong or non-functional. The past two years have provided opportunities to pilot and practice new working methods. Small and medium-sized companies have quickly adapted to the novel situation, and big ones have drafted their own models of working, leading, and managing…

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